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University Of North Dakota Opens "Tent City" Dorm

In an effort to keep skyrocketing housing and tuition costs down, the University of North Dakota will allow students to live in tents this Fall. The program has proven to be quite popular in a state that has been hard hit by the economic downturn.

Since the 1990s, North Dakota has experienced virtually constant decline in population, particularly among younger people with university degrees. One of the major causes of emigration from North Dakota looms from a lack of skilled jobs for graduates.

UND President Robert O. Kelley noted, "Since most of our students grew up in trailers and mobile homes, they are used to living off the land. Besides, they'll be leaving the state after they graduate, so why should build dorms for them."

22 comments:

Anonymous
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how original. maybe you should start a UND blog. you talk about them almost as much as your beloved pioneers. don't be hating just b/c you wished DU (in general) cared as much about hockey as UND. :) have a nice day!

I spent several hours on the internets researching your claims and could not find one source to back them up. Just for the record, the chancellor did not make those comments, nor is UND building a tent city as a dorm.